Police are saying these riots could be like 2005 all over again, an ongoing intifada.

This would help Marine Le Pen's prospects in the upcoming presidential election. In fact, conditions are beginning to look almost optimal from her point of view. The mainstream right candidate has been tainted by corruption allegations and may well be indicted this week. The mainstream left candidate actually isn't very mainstream at all. He's a kind of far-left, Jeremy Corbyn figure, not taken seriously by many voters. Now these riots will boost the Front National further. All we need is another big jihad attack or two in France and conditions will be perfect for a Le Pen victory. I still don't think she'll win because, in France more than most places, "the system is rigged". But we'll see.